sigmoid flexure

American  

noun

1. Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.

2. Also called sigmoid colon.  an S -shaped curve of the large intestine between the descending colon and the rectum.

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sigmoid flexure British  

noun

1. zoology an S-shaped curve, as in the necks of certain birds

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Etymology

Origin of sigmoid flexure

First recorded in 1780–90

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sigmoid flexure

The esophagus was on the right of the aorta, and the location of the two ends of the stomach was reversed; the sigmoid flexure was on the right side.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

One of them may occupy the cecum, another the transverse colon, and possibly a third the sigmoid flexure.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison

Disease of the anus, rectum, and sigmoid flexure results in from two-thirds to three-fourths of the feces being daily absorbed into the system.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison

The disturbance and danger are enhanced when the tissues of the sigmoid flexure and the rectum are invaded by inflammation.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison

Masters has seen a child who lived nine days in whom the sigmoid flexure of the colon terminated in the fundus of the bladder.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle